Friday, August 09, 2013

Wikipedia Co-Founder Urges Vigilant Journalism - Digits - WSJ

"Wikipedia co-founder and open-access advocate Jimmy Wales said mainstream media have failed to live up to their rightful role when it comes to access and speech issues. Speaking at Wikimania, Wikipedia’s annual conference held this year in Hong Kong, Mr. Wales outlined a new vision for journalism that involves more collaboration with the public and better coverage of how governments monitor individuals.
“The media is not talking about encryption in a coherent way,” Mr. Wales said in his State of the Wiki address, stressing that the press has an unprecedented opportunity to uncover wrongdoing as governments use the Internet to spy on their citizens."